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On January 18, 2026, former CNN anchor Don Lemon entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, alongside anti-ICE protesters who deliberately disrupted an ongoing worship service. The group chanted “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good,” accusing one of the pastors of ties to immigration enforcement and thereby interrupting the congregation's First Amendment-protected religious exercise. Lemon livestreamed the event, positioning himself within the disruption as it unfolded. Federal authorities subsequently arrested Lemon and three others, charging them with conspiracy against rights under 18 U.S.C. § 241 and interference with the free exercise of religion. Lemon maintains that his presence was...

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to convert 23 e-commerce warehouses across the country, primarily in the eastern U.S., into a large-scale network of immigration detention centers aimed at expanding capacity to fulfill the mandate the American people gave President Trump to deport more than one million illegal aliens per year and restore national security. This comes after the Biden-Harris globalist regime collapsed borders and allowed a nation-killing invasion of ten million or more third-worlders.Bloomberg reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rapid move to build out a network of warehouses is being fueled by $45 billion from the...

The recent closure of a California oil refinery — and plans to shutter another in the near future — have some experts warning of potential fuel shortages and price spikes in Nevada and other Western states that depend on the Golden State. California supplies roughly 88% of Nevada’s fuel, including diesel and jet fuel. But Phillips 66 closed a refinery in the Los Angeles area in October, and earlier this year, Valero submitted a notice that it plans to close a Bay Area refinery by April 2026. Combined, the two refineries produce 284,000 barrels of oil per day, about 17%...

Seattle's soft-on-crime mayor is under the spotlight for her crime policies after two teenagers were shot dead outside a PreK-8 school in broad daylight. Residents slammed Mayor Katie Wilson for failing to address spiraling youth crime in the Washington city after she issued condolences to the families of the students. The two boys, who have not been named, were fatally gunned down at a bus stop beside South Shore PreK-8 school around 4pm on Friday in front of horrified children and teens.

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation in the shooting death of Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday. "We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened," Blanche said during a news conference on Friday. "That’s like any investigation that the Department of Justice and the FBI do every day. It means we’re looking at video, talking to witnesses, trying to understand what happened."

A 33 min YouTube show with Stephen Gardner interviewing best-selling author Ralph Pezzullo on his 5-year deep dive into how a foreign actors have infiltrated, corrupted, and stole US elections beginning in 2008! This is a must-watch to get you up to date on what President Trump is facing concerning the corruption throughout the US government. Mr. Pezzullo authored "Stolen Elections-- the Takedown of Democracies Worldwide The interview goes into how Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, China, Russia and various drug cartels collaborated and started stealing elections in the United States and other countries worldwide, earlier than suspected. There is mention of...

BREAKING: Chloe Day School in New York held an anti-ICE protest at school where kindergartners held anti-ICE and anti-Trump signs Little kids were encouraged to say they’re angry at ICE and the Trump admin for arresting criminal illegals Crazy as hell

A Minneapolis man who calls himself “Antifa” urged his nearly 36,000 Instagram followers to “get your f***ing guns” and “stop” federal law enforcement, after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man in his city. Kyle Wagner, a self-described “entrepreneur” and “master-hate-baiter,” posted a series of videos to social media appearing to encourage armed and explicitly non-peaceful demonstrations against federal agents, whom he referred to as “Nazi gunmen.” The far-left influencer uploaded the videos in the immediate aftermath of the day’s fatal shooting, which the Department of Homeland Security said targeted a suspect who looked ready to “massacre law...

If you, like me, are Gen X and grew up in a liberal world and used to think of yourself as a liberal, but now feel like the liberal left has lost its mind, you might want to listen to this and see if it resonates with you. I'm Jenny Holland. I write Saving Culture From Itself over on Substack. From the ages of about 22 to about 30, my social circle was quite large. It was made up of family, childhood friends, high school friends, university friends, friends from summer jobs, friends from work, friends from the bars I...

🚨 HOLY CRAP. Leftist parents hauled their 7-year-old CHILD to an anti-ICE riot, the kid got sprayed in the eye, and she's in excruciating pain "It's burning!" They're COACHING her on how to engage in riots at 7 The parents need a visit from the police.

Trump Endorsed Sununu over Scott Brown

[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Fernández Warns Against “Ex Cathedra” Condemnations Online while claiming he can add to the "Ordinary Magisterium"Cardinal Fernández warned against “Ex Cathedra” condemnations online at the opening of the DDF Plenary Session, where he said: "We have the possibility of giving authoritative answers, of writing documents that become part of the Ordinary Magisterium."... But since documents that enter the Ordinary Magisterium should be infallible by canon law and required to stand in continuity with what the Church has always taught, they demand a high degree of doctrinal coherence and clarity. Maybe the problem so far has been the...

In a chilling deleted post, Arshia Maghsoudi allegedly admitted to using a Dragunov rifle to "kill teenagers," claiming commanders told him to "shoot as much as you can." ...In the story, Maghsoudi wrote: "For the first time, they gave us a Dragunov. They told us think of it as a sniper game - 'shoot as much as you can'. So I went and landed a ton of headshots."

Got a rat of an ex? One Texas zoo will help you move on… and benefit wildlife conservation efforts in the meantime. New Braunfels’ Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo has a special Valentine’s Day program for those of us who aren’t feeling the spirit of the holiday this year. “Love Bites” is the zoo’s limited-time Valentine’s fundraiser to support its wildlife conservation fund. “Whether you’re laughing off a breakup, poking fun at an ex, or just looking for a unique way to give back, Love Bites lets you do it in a way that helps animals and protects wildlife,”...

A Texas judge who gained national attention for displaying a pride flag in her courtroom now faces felony charges after allegedly ordering a defense attorney handcuffed and held in a jury box. Bexar County Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez turned herself in Thursday on charges of unlawful restraint and official oppression, the New York Post reported. The 60-year-old became the first openly LGBTQ judge elected in the county when she took office in 2019. “I’m a proud public servant, I’m LGBTQ, I own a gun, I’m bilingual, I’m an American citizen — and I have every right to defend myself,” Gonzalez...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV and the Unfathomable Evil of Promoting False Christian UnityIn a Jan 25, 2026 homily, Pope Leo XIV spoke on the unity of all Christians: “Yes, we share the same faith in the one and only God. We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible.” There must be a return to true Catholic teaching.<As a convert to Catholicism, I still recall the way in which the Church’s teaching about sanctifying grace and mortal sin fundamentally changed the way I thought about life. Looking back at the copy of Baltimore...

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, alleging that the hospital violated the terms of its merger agreement with Children's Hospital of Orange County by discontinuing gender-affirming care for minors. Rady Children's Hospital stated that the issue began when the Trump administration threatened to shut down the hospital for offering gender-affirming care to individuals under 18. In response to the threat, the hospital announced the closure of its gender-affirming care center, which led to the lawsuit from the state.

Donald Trump just posted evidence Democrats are stealing our elections For the 2020 Election: Pennsylvania: - 205,000 more votes than registered voters - Over 1.5 million fraudulent votes counted, and the spread is less than 82,000 votes - These fraudulent votes come from dead voters, ballots that were received before they were supposedly mailed out - Over 330,000 electronic spikes from the voting machine - 682,000 ballots that were illegally processed without any oversight whatsoever - More than 1.5 million votes in Pennsylvania is apparently what it took for Joe Biden to steal the state Georgia: - 66,248 underage voters...

The UK should consider re-entering talks for a defence pact with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, arguing that Europe needs to “step up and do more” to defend itself in uncertain times. The prime minister signalled that he wanted to work more collaboratively with other European countries to increase defence spending and build up military capability, and doing so through the EU’s scheme is one option available. Talks for the UK to join the EU’s €150bn (£130bn) security action for Europe (Safe) defence fund collapsed in November 2025 amid claims the bloc had set too high a price on...